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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 480. Utilities and Transportation Commission |
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Chapter 480-07. Procedural rules. |
Section 480-07-330. Presiding officers.
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- (1) Commissioners. The commissioners may preside in any adjudicative proceeding with or without the assistance of an administrative law judge. When the commissioners preside, they are "presiding officers" as that term is used in chapter 34.05 RCW and in this chapter. When the commissioners preside with the assistance of an administrative law judge, the administrative law judge also is a presiding officer, except for purposes of making final decisions on substantive matters in the proceeding. The administrative law judge may enter procedural and other interlocutory orders. When the commissioners preside, they may enter procedural and other interlocutory orders and will enter one or more final orders in the proceeding to resolve the substantive matters presented.(2) Administrative law judge. The supervisor of the administrative law judge function within the agency will designate one or more administrative law judges to preside in individual proceedings, subject to the commissioners' approval. An administrative law judge may be designated to assist the commissioners in their role as presiding officers as described in subsection (1) of this section, or may be designated to serve alone as presiding officer. When serving alone as the presiding officer, the administrative law judge will enter one or more initial orders, unless the parties and the commission agree to waive an initial order, or law prohibits entry of an initial order. The commissioners will enter a final order following the opportunity for administrative review of an initial order, upon waiver of an initial order, or as otherwise provided by law.